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The author notes: > since around 1962, publishers have abandoned the side-by-side layout of opposing categories which Roget insisted on as a visual representat
by ttctciyf 1y ago
The author notes:
> since around 1962, publishers have abandoned the side-by-side layout of opposing categories which Roget insisted on as a visual representation of the opposing ideas
illustrated by the original's side-by-side entries for 615 Good and 616 Evil, seeing this as an unfortunate
> example of one of the many ways book design is actually getting less sophisticated over time.
It appears the Gutenberg project also see value in preserving the two columns, at least in their html edition, as can be seen in their rendition of the same passages: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10681/pg10681-images.html#link619N https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10681/pg10681-images.ht.... (Link is to a 10M html file).
(Though it seems things have moved on, since Evil is now #619.)
Surely there must be more programmatic electronic editions, though, given the highly tractable organisation of the book?
- WillAdams 1y agoI believe the "Wordweb" program had something along those lines --- at least I seem to remember it being easy to click through a word, through synonyms, and also review antonyms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordWeb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordWeb